Charity Accounting & Reporting: An Introduction

CHARITY ACCOUNTING & REPORTING: An Introduction provides a practical overview of charities in the UK, focussing on their accounting and reporting obligations.

Written in a user-friendly style and packed full of examples it covers topics including:

• What a charity is;
• Legal structures for charities;
• Charity legislation and regulation;
• The trustees’ annual report;
• Fund accounting;
• Receipts and payments accounts;
• Accruals accounts;
• External scrutiny of charity accounts; and
• Taxation of charities.

Perhaps you’re already familiar with accounting and want to know more about the charitable sector or maybe you’re about to start working or volunteering for a charity as a treasurer or trustee – this is the head start you need.

A Quick Start Accounting publication.

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